N.L. couple injured in Cabot Trail motorcycle crash

A Grand Falls, N.L., couple were injured in a motorcycle accident Saturday on the Cabot Trail near Belle Cote.

RCMP Staff Sgt. Alain LeBlanc said a 46-year-old man lost control of the bike and crashed at about 6:30 p.m.

He and a 46-year-old female passenger were sent to the Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital for treatment. The woman was later airlifted to hospital in Halifax with serious injuries.

LeBlanc said the pair are from Grand Falls, N.L., and had been travelling through Cape Breton with a group of motorcyclists. They were riding behind the group and no other bikes were involved in the crash.